Woodstock SHOP FOX M1054 - Manual (Page 37)

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M1048 10" x 18" Metal Cutting Bandsaw
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SYMPTOM POSSIBLE CAUSE CORRECTIVE ACTION
Machine is loud
when cutting or
bogs down in the
cut. 1. Excessive feed rate.
2. The blade TPI is too great, or the
material is too coarse.
1. Refer to Feed Rate on Page 20, or Changing Blade
Speed on Page 20, and adjust as required.
2. Refer to Blade Selection on Page 19 and adjust as
required.
Blades break often. 1. Blade is not tensioned correctly.
2. The workpiece is loose in the vise.
3. The feed or cut speed is wrong.
4. The blade TPI is too great, or the
material is too coarse.
5. The blade is rubbing on the wheel
flange.
6. The bandsaw is being started with the
blade resting on the workpiece.
7. The guide bearings are misaligned,
or the blade is rubbing on the wheel
flange.
8. The blade is too thick, or the blades
are of low quality.
1. Check to see that blade is not excessively tight or too
loose.
2. Clamp the workpiece tighter, or use a jig to hold the
workpiece.
3. Refer to Feed Rate on Page 20, or Changing Blade
Speed on Page 20, and adjust as required.
4. Refer to Blade Selection on Page 19, and adjust as
required.
5. Refer to Blade Tracking on Page 29, and adjust as
required.
6. Start bandsaw and then slowly lower the headstock by
setting the feed rate.
7. Refer to Blade Tracking on Page 29, or Blade Guides on
Page 30 and adjust as required.
8. Use a higher quality blade.
Blade dulls prema-
turely. 1. The cutting speed is too fast.
2. The blade TPI is too coarse.
3. The blade feed pressure is too light.
4. The workpiece has hard spots, welds,
or scale is on the material.
5. The blade is twisted.
6. The blade is slipping on the wheels.
1. Refer to Changing Blade Speed on Page 20, and adjust
as required.
2. Refer to Blade Selection on Page 19, and adjust as
required.
3. Refer to Feed Rate on Page 20, and adjust as required.
4. Increase the feed pressure, and reduce the cutting
speed.
5. Replace the blade.
6. Refer to
Blade Tension on Page 29, and adjust as
required.
Blade wears on one
side. 1. The blade guides are worn or mis-
adjusted.
2. The blade guide slide bracket is
loose.
3. The wheels are out of alignment.
1. Refer to Blade Guides on Page 30 and replace or
adjust.
2. Tighten the blade guide bracket.
3. Refer to Blade Tracking on Page 29, and adjust as
required.
Teeth are ripping
from the blade. 1. The feed pressure is too heavy and the
blade speed is too slow; or the blade
TPI is too coarse for the workpiece.
2. The workpiece is vibrating in the
vise.
3. The blade gullets are loading up with
chips.
1. Refer to Blade Selection on Page 19 and decrease the
feed pressure. Refer to Feed Rate on Page 20, and adjust
as required.
2. Re-clamp the workpiece in the vise, and use a jig if
required.
3. Use a coarser-tooth blade.
The cuts are
crooked.
1. The feed pressure is too high.
2. The guide bearings are out of adjust-
ment, or too far away from the
workpiece.
3. The blade tension is low.
4. The blade is dull.
5. The blade speed is wrong.
6. Blade not square to table.
1. Refer to Feed Rate on Page 20, and adjust as required.
2. Refer to Blade Guides on Page 30 and replace or
adjust.
3. Refer to Blade Tension on Page 29, and adjust as
required.
4. Refer to Blade Change on Page 28 and replace the
blade.
5. Refer to Blade Speed on Page 20, and adjust as
required.
6. Refer to Squaring Blade to Table on Page 31.
Bandsaw Operations